The State Of Kerala vs. Suresh Kumar K S

S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (C) No(s). 4949/2025 [Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 04-11-2024 in LAAPP No. 299/2019 passed by the High Court of Kerala at Ernakulam]

STATE OF KERALA Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

SARADHA M & ORS. Respondent(s)

FOR ADMISSION

Date : 28-02-2025 This petition was called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

Reason:

HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE B.V. NAGARATHNA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SATISH CHANDRA SHARMA

For Petitioner(s) Mr. V. Giri, Sr. Adv. Mr. Harshad V. Hameed, AOR Mr. Dileep Poolakkot, Adv. Mrs. Ashly Harshad, Adv. Mr. Rahul Narang, Adv. Mr. Rao Vishwaja, Adv.

For Respondent(s) Ms. Jyoti Dastidar, AOR

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R

Issue notice to the respondents.

Ms. Jyoti Dastidar, learned counsel accepts notice for the respondent(s).

The interim order passed on 21.02.2025 in SLP(C) Nos.2611-2622/2025 and connected matters shall apply in the present case also. For ease of reference, the relevant portion of the aforesaid interim order is extracted as under: Digitally signed by RADHA SHARMA Date: 2025.03.01 14:57:43 IST Signature Not Verified

"We direct interim stay of the judgment of the High Court subject to the petitioner-State depositing the

entire compensation amount with statutory benefits as awarded by the Reference Court within a period of six weeks from today.

In the event there is non-compliance with the aforesaid order, the interim order of stay shall stand vacated automatically.

On such deposit being made before the Reference Court, liberty is reserved to the respondent-land losers to make their necessary applications and seek withdrawal of the said amount.

It is needless to observe that such applications shall be considered and disposed of expeditiously."

(RADHA SHARMA) (DIVYA BABBAR) ASTT. REGISTRAR-cum-PS COURT MASTER (NSH)